Morgan Spurlock has done an excellent job with this show. You may remember his film Super-Size Me. In that film he spent an entire month where he ate nothing but food from McDonalds and used a pedometer to reduce his physical activity to that of the average suburban American. There were interesting consequences. The basic premise for "30 Days" is that Spurlock or a random participant will live a different life for a month. It's an eye opening show.
First of all this is not your typical reality show. There are no extreme stereotyped folks thrown together. The episode I watched featured a man named David from West Virginia. He spent a month living with a Muslim family in Dearborn, MI. David learned a lot about Islam and a lot about American diversity in general. As a WASP he'd never experienced discrimination before. He seemed to learn what that is like. I hope the show taught some people a little about their own prejudices.
RATING: 4/5
Posted by alycia at July 4, 2005 01:24 AM